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ICE Scoring

Impact, confidence, ease — the simplest experiment prioritization that works.

ICE calculator
i7
c6
e9
i9
c5
e4
i6
c7
e7
Ranked
  1. 01Rewrite the hero378
  2. 02Cold email sequence294
  3. 03New pricing page test180
Why it works

The best prioritization framework is the one your team actually uses on Monday morning. ICE wins by being unignorably simple.

When to use

Weekly experiment planning where you have more ideas than you can run.

Steps in detail
01

Impact (1-10)

If it works, how big is the win? Score against your north star, not vanity metrics.

02

Confidence (1-10)

How sure are you it'll work? Prior evidence, precedent, gut. Be honest — inflated confidence is the #1 ICE failure mode.

03

Ease (1-10)

Effort to run it, not to build it forever. A quick landing page test is a 9. A rebuild is a 2.

Pitfalls
  • 01Averaging instead of multiplying — score = I × C × E.
  • 02Letting the highest-paid person's opinion inflate confidence.